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Mary Notarangelo lived a reclusive life in her later years, according to the few people who had contact with her. The retired police detective tended to her many birds at her Connecticut home and posted videos of them on social media, including one accompanying her on a trip to a local crafts store. But a welfare check request to police…...

Thursday is the official start of the Travelers Championship at the TPC River Highlands in Cromwell. While excitement is in the air, so is the potential for severe weather. It was a nice day for golf on Wednesday, but that is expected to change Thursday as temperatures increase and there is a possibility of thunderstorms. People at the course say&#...

The Berlin Turnpike has reopened following a car crash in Newington Wednesday evening. The CT Department of Transportation said the southbound side of the road was closed near Griswold Avenue. The crash was reported around 5:15 p.m. and it happened in front of Firestone, fire officials said. It’s unknown if there are any injuries. The crash i...

Several Juneteenth celebrations are expected to be held in Connecticut this week. “It very important to come together to help make change,” Sylvia D. Reid, an attorney and attendee of the Juneteenth flag raising inside the capitol building, said. “We can’t allow our freedoms to be demolished or diminished.” The federal and state holiday, which is o...

There are several reasons why you might be paying a lot more for auto insurance these days. A new report from the Office of the State Comptroller shows the average auto insurance premium payment increased by 11.2% in 2023 and 8.9% in 2024, respectively. That’s a big jump from 2019, when prices were only up 1%. “Rates every year just&#82...

A West Hartford private school teacher is facing an additional charge after a second student came forward claiming they were inappropriately touched by the teacher, police said. The teacher was placed on leave in January for allegedly tickling students in West Hartford, school officials said, and police said charges have been filed. A parent report...

A man has been arrested for allegedly threatening employees at a CVS in Bristol and setting fire to a tent in a homeless encampment on Tuesday. Bristol police responded to the CVS on Middle Street at 2:10 p.m. for a reported disturbance involving a knife. Witnesses told police that a man shoplifted and then returned to the store with a…...

The state has dismissed the contempt of court charges filed against Michelle Troconis. Troconis is serving a 14-and-a-half-year sentence after a jury found her guilty of conspiring to murder Jennifer Dulos, a mother of five from New Canaan who disappeared in May 2019 and is presumed dead. Jennifer Dulos disappeared on May 24, 2019 amid a bitter div...

Golf fans went to TPC River Highlands in Cromwell for the Travelers Championship Pro-Am on Wednesday. “We’re a big fan of the players. We’ve been here last year and we come every day. And today’s a perfect day to meet them and grab a picture with them and super fun and show our support,” said Jen Spreng, from Mystic....

WalletHub found that American households are carrying around $18.2 trillion in debt and it has released a new report, States Where People Are the Most Delinquent on Debt, in an effort to show where people are at the greatest risk of credit score damage and other financial consequences. WalletHub found that Connecticut came in near the middle, at 21...

Raising Cane’s will open in Wethersfield next week. The new restaurant is opening at 1298 Silas Dean Highway on Tuesday, June 24. Patrons will be able to get the beloved chicken fingers, crinkle-cut fries, Cane’s Toast, coleslaw and Cane’s Sauce. Raising Cane’s said the Wethersfield restaurant will have a double-lane drive-thru and an outdoor dinin...

All 50 U.S. states have agreed to the OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s latest plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids.

A person has died in a tractor-trailer crash on Interstate 84 East in Southbury on Wednesday. Troopers responded to I-84 East near exit 15 just after 5 a.m. for a collision involving a tractor-trailer. The highway was closed between exits 14 and 15, and traffic was diverted off of exit 14. Troopers said the vehicle veered into the median and…...

A man who barricaded himself inside of a home early Wednesday morning has surrendered peacefully and Hartford Turnpike in North Haven has reopened. East Haven police were conducting an investigation and responded to North Haven to make contact with a 24-year-old man from New Haven on Hartford Turnpike for a family violence incident. Investigators s...